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lUt-llUT Jj. Mm VOL,. LVIII. XO. 18,138. POltTLAXD, OREGON, 3IONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1919. l'RICE EIVJ CENTS. S OF EUROPE GUNS AT KRONSTADT BOMBARD PETRQGRAD GREAT FORTRESS ARTILLERY IS WREAKIXG HAVOC. E DEATHBED MARRIAGE CULMINATES ROMANCE U.S. DUTCH SHIPS TO BE 1SEATTLE STRIKE IS RETURNED TO OWNERS RELEASE Ol' VESSELS SEIZED BV F. S. ORDERED. AM UKRAIM NOW OCCUPATION IMMINENT DANGER Moscow Bolsheviki May Completely Dominate. CONCISELY TOLD POLICY IS LAUDED SET FOR THURSDAY CHARLES WATSON WEDS AGNES GILBRITH; DIES IN II OCR. Claims of Nations Urged at Peace Conference. DIFFICULT PROBLEMS ARISE France Seeks Much Territory and Heavy Indemnity. ENGLAND'S EYE ON TRADE TJcIgium Demands First Lien on As fcets; Italy "Wants Trentino, and Greece FJpirus and Thrace. PARIS. Feb. 2. (By the Associated Press.) The delegates of the five great rowers are now, in a position to com pare clearly their own aspirations and those of all their allied friends, and to see the differences that must be rec onciled. The maximum of hopes, often over lapping, has been told freely, and it ' remains for the peace conference to ad just them into a co-ordinated whole. The desires of the several countries as presented may be compressed thus: France Desirca Territory'. France wants, first of all, Alsace Iorraine unconditionally, and the right to discuss and ultimately to fix the French frontiers in their relation to the Rhine, which may require the cre ation of buffer states. One of these would be the Palatinate and another Rhenish Prussia. France also desires to annex the basin of the Saare River, which might be called a r? annexation. France will insist that, so far as the left bank of the Rhine further to the north is concerned, the conference ehould forbid military works of any kind barracks, bridgeheads, forts and fortresses in that zone. The feeling is that the people inhabiting that zone should be free to decide for themselves whether they wish to join France, form an independent state or return to Uermany. Reparation Bill Large. The French bill for reparation Is not yet complete, but it has been announced in the Chamber of Deputies that it will 4e about 66,000,000,000 francs. The French government does not ask t.r a. protectorate In Syria in the or dinary sense, because It considers that the population there is too advanced to make a protectorate necessary, but France, on account of traditional in terests in that country, feels that she should be called upon to exercise some sort of guardianship or guidance until Syria should be fully able to govern herself. Britain for Freedom of Trade. Great Britain's delegation believes th"at a society of nations is desirable and obtainable, and that it must be established by the present peace con ference. She advances no continental purpose other than those of a perma nent and Just peace on the principle of self-determination and that there t-hall be international freedom of tran sit by railroads and waterways, which is Britain's general definition of free dom of commerce in times of peaom Britain will take mandatory power over the German islands south of the fnuator for Aiistraliji nn1 ovoc South- ! west Africa for the Union of SOUtll I ,A frira. She will alao have the mandate I of German East Africa and some parts! f Arabia and she has particular claims in this respect over Mesopotamia. Great I Jiritain will enter a pool with the other pllies in the matter of indemnities, especially reparation for air raids dam ages and shipping losses. Italy Han Many CLains. Italy asks for the Trentino as far ps the Brenner Pass, including the v hole of Southern Tyrol; Trieste, Is- ! ttia, Fiume, Zara, Sebenico, the larger part of the Dalmatian Islands, Avlona jiinl its hinterland, a protectorate over .Albania, possession of the islands in tlie Aegean which were taken from 'Turkey during the Tripolitan war, and the province of Adalia, if France and Kngland should take territory in Asia ?! inor. The Italian contention is that the Ialmatian Islands and such parts of the Dalmatian Coast as arc not as signed to Italy shall be neutralized, fc-hould France and England extend their colonial possessions In Africa, Italy desires to enlarge her possessions in Eritrea and Tripoli. Roomnnian Problems Difficult. Territorial connections in the Balkans lire complicated and present difficult problems. Roumania desires to retain loasession of that portion of Russian l-lessarabia given her by the central jiowt-rs under tho canceled treaty of lHicharcst and now in her possession. Koumania also desires southern Do- rudja. as ceded to her by Bulgaria lifter the second Balkan war. Posses-fri-jii of Bessarabia and the Dobrudja commands tlie mouth of the Danube. To the westward Roumania wants to muiex the Jlapwburg provinces of Bu 3o ina and Transylvania and a consid erable part of the rich agricultural 'strict of Banat. It is here that the Jiowmanian aspirations conflict with tliouc of Serbia, which affirm that un tlcr her war agreements with the en tente. Serbia should have a large por tion of Banat as well as other sections of forimr Austria-Hungary adjoining tld Serbia to the north to round out t!ic proposed Jutw-Slav state. Both J'oumania and Serbia have moved t i-oopn into Panat to secure their claims Many Persons Reported Killed in Former Russian Capital and Disorder Is General. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 2. Petrograd ha.3 been bombarded by Kronstadt artillery and many persons have been killed, according- to travelers who are quoted to this effect by the Finnish papers Serious disorders are prevalent in Pe trograd. The great fortress of Kronstadt lies about 20 miles west of Petrograd, at the head of the Gulf of Finland. The Bolsheviki forces were reported on January 23 last, in a dispacth from Helsingfors to be evacuating' Petro grad and removing all their stores. The Bolshevik war ministr, Trotzky, was said to be transferring his headquar ters to Nizhni-Novgorod. FAST SHIP WINS HONORS Great Northern Establishes Speed Record for War Transport. . OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 2. The steamship Great Northern, which with the sister ship, Northern Pacific, plied as a passenger ship for several years between the mouth of the Columbia River and San Francisco, has come out of the war with distinguished honors. This ship established the speed rec ord for the war by making the round trip from Ne-jv York to Brest in 14 days with a stop of 2S hours in the French port. As a troopship it made 11 trips to Europe, carrying more than 30,000 soldiers, and came to be known in naval circles as the "mystery ohip." It has recently been overhauled and equipped for carrying wounded and ill soldiers. BELGIAN SOCIALISTS BALK Delegates Will Not Be Sent to Con ference at Berne. PARIS, Feb. 2. (By the Associated Press.) "Belgian Socialists will not go to Berne under any consideration," said Baron Capelle. one of the secre taries of the Belgian peace delegation, Saturday afternoon, "or if delegates make the Journey they will not be rep resenting the Belgian Socialist party. "The delegates here have an impera tive mandate from their brothers in Belgium instructing them to refuse to meet the Germans. These latter Bel gians are Socialists who remained more than four years under the brutal tyranny of German domination, and they will never forget. "They wilj never shajce the hand of those who shed or caused their broth ers' blood to tiow. STRIKE BALLOT IS DENIED Central Federated Union Not in Fa vor of Mooney Assessment. NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Officials of the Central Federated Union denied last night that they voted to accept the programme of the Thomas J. Mooney labor congress tor a general strike on July 4. or that they had approved a general assessment, as announced in San Francisco. The only action taken by the New York organization, they said, was to appoint a propaganda committee to keep alive interest in Mooney's case. MR. GARFIELDT0 SPEAK Fuel Administrator Will Address 4 WTT P.k TTnit.j4 C f o t a u Fuel Administrator H. A, Garfield will be the principal speaker at the coin- - wito. mv .in is it w, announced yesterday. Bishop William Alfred Quayle, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will de liver the oaccalaureate sermon Sunday, June 13. COSSACK TROOPS MUTINY Soldiers Shoot Officer and Then Ask Americans to Protect. VLADIVOSTOK. Thursday, Jan 30. (By the Associated Press.) The sacks unde'r General Kalrnikoff. mander of the Ussurl river front, mutinied and phot an officer. The Cossacks surrendered their arms and horses to the American troops, whose protection they requested. The men declared that they no longer would serve under Kalrnikoff. WARRANT OUT FOR DIETZ Football Coach Accused! of IJalsify- ing to Questionnaire. SPOKANE. "Wash., Feb. 2. A war rant for the arrest of William ("Lone star") Diets, football coach, who was indicted Friday by the Federal grand jury for alleged falsification of his questionnaire, was issued yesterday in Federal Court. Instructions were telegraphed by United States Marshal McGovern to the United States Marshal at San Fran cisco to arrest riietz. FILIPINOS ARE ANXIOUS Slatus of Islands Under Prohibition Inquired About.- MANILA. P. I., Feb. 2. The question as to whether the recently ratified Na tional prohibition amendment in the United States affects the ' Philippine Islands, has been raised here. Acting Governor Charles E. Teatcr has cent an inquiry to Washington asking a ruling in the matter. ENTENTE SLOWNESS IS BLAMED Russian Empire Gives Com prehensive Statement. AUSTRIANS BACK OF MOVE Military Situation Declared to Be in Serious State, Due to Failure of Support by Allied Troops. EX ARN'O DOSCH FLEUROT. (Copyright. 1fll!. by the Xfw York World. Published by Armnjtemcnt.t BERLIN, via Copenhagen, Feb. 2. (Special.) The Ukraine is in imminent danger of falling under the complete domination of the Moscow Bolsheviki and can only be saved by rapid action on the part of the entente. Entente troops might have, at any time in the past two months entered Kiev and have held this additional bulwark against Bolshevism. Even the Germans in Kiev arranged for the entente to relieve them and if desired by the entente, to form a joint army. The understanding was reached a month ago between the German diplo matic representative. Count Berkheim. and the. French diplomatic agent, M. Hanno, who went to Kiev from Odessa, but with no troops coming, the Ger mans also were forced to leave, help ing thousands of Russians to escape with them. Russian Emigrn Given Situation. The Ukraine now under the Petlura direction is still fighting off the Bol sheviki. The situation is so compli cated that I asked the Due de Leucht enberg, the best informed of the Rus sian emigres arriving here, to give a picture of it, comprehensible to the out side world. Although a cousin of the late Czar, the Due de Leuchtenberg is not prejudiced by his monar'chial con nections and for two hours he ex plained the violent cross-currents of politics in the Ukraine which can be thus summarized: "The Ukranian movement is Aus trian, made with he purpose to become an ally of Austria in the breaking up of Russia ' following the Bolshevik suc cess. The Rada, which sought a sepa rate peace with Germany at Brest Litovsk and which invited the Germans into the Ukraine is not representative Ukranian. but was controlled by the energetic action of the violent radicals within it. The language as instituted is not realy the Ukranian dialect, but a sort of Russian esperanto which made endess confusion. "Once the Germans were there, hav ing been invited by this representative (Continued on Pace 4. Column 2.) "GO Ceremony Hastily' Arranged When Physicians Tell Bridegroom of His Serious Condition. While awaiting death, which physi-, cians declared inevitable. Charles G. Watson, an employe of the Oregon Washington Railway & Navigation Company line, was married to Miss Ag nes G. Gilbrith, of The Dalles, the mar riage being the clumination of a rom ance which had extended over 10 years. Mr. Watson died from influenza one hour following the wedding. Mr. Watson became ill about one week ago, and Saturday when his con dition became alarming Miss Gilbrith was called to his home at 247',s Dixon street. At noon yesterday Drs. A. G. idd and F. M. Taylor, after consultation, opined that the patient would not re cover. Mr. Watson was told of his condition and an immediate marriage was his suggestion. Miss Gilbrith readily as sented and Rev. R. H. Sawyer, pastor of the East Side Christian Church was called and requested to make prepara tions for the marriage. County Clerk Beveridge was told of the unusual circumstances surrounding the proposed wedding, with a result that he hastened to the Courthouse and prepared the license for the couple. At 4- o'clock yesterday afternoon, with relatives gathered about the bed side of the sick man as witnesses, the marriage ceremony was performed. Just one hour after the simple but impres sive rites had been completed the bridegroom breathed his last. Mr. Watson vnns 33 years old and had been a resident of ortland for about eight years. He was employed as a locomotive engineer for the Oregon Washington Railway & Navigation Company and met his wife in The Dalles about 10 years ago. EX-MAJESTIES ESTRANGED Former Emperor of Austria-Hungary May Ask Divorce. ZURICH. Feb. 2. The Prague Tage blatt.is authority for the statement that former Emperor Charles of Aua tria-Hungary Intends to apply for a divorce. Charles was married in 1911 to Princess Zita of Bourbon and Parma, an Italian. From the union have been born five children, four boys and girl. - . " TROOPS FIGHT SPARTACANS Bremen to Be Freed From Menace of Bolshevism. LONDON. Feb. 2. Fighting between the Spartacane and government troops continues in Bremen, according to Co penhagen dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Gustav Noske, secretary for military affairs, is sad to have declared that Bremen and other ports must be freed of the menace of Bolshevism to permit the movement of food steamers. ON AVHATCHA 'FRAID OF!" i IN Natives Enjoy Maximum of Possible Freedom. UNEMPLOYMENT ON DECREASE Trade Conditions Are Fast Re turning to Normal. FOOD SITUATION IMPROVES Business Functions Virtually I'll humpercd and Germans Bid for Military Trade. T.Y CTRIL BROWN. Copyright. irl!. by the New York Wor:d. PubUshV-t bv A rrana-ement. COBLENZ. Feb.U (Special.) An in vestigation into the social and eco nomic conditions in the occupied area yields complete Justification to the wise broad-minded American policy of per mitting the natives to enjoy the maxi mum of possible freedom and the mini mum of restrictions at the fame time. The conditions today are a striking tribute to Major-General Dickman. his Lstaff and every member of the Army of occupation, for their efficient com mon sense in carrying out the liberal American policy. One outstanding feature is that eco nomic conditions continue to improve in the American area as a direct result of the population being permitted to circulate freely, with no other pass than an identification card. Raalir.i Function lahimprrtd. As a result business within the area functions virtually unhampered and is fast returning toward normal, while much new business is reported as orig inating within the area offered by our troops. The fact that the doughboys are liberal ependeiv and the German tradesmen are making a strong bid for American military trade, is also a fac tor in the increasing prosperity throughout the American area. Under American occupation it le cer tain that unemployment has decreased and Is continuing to decrease steadily. Th erural districts undcr.Ameriean oc cupation look paticularly good and in vestlgation in th area held by the 62d division disclosed the number of farm horses has doubled since the armistice was signed. 'Food Condition Improve. The people of the area continue quiet. causing a minimum of trouble. The principal complaint of the natives is against the continuance of the block ade, which they resent, feeling that the war is over. Another feature in the cap of the American occupation forces is the fact that food conditions, which quite normally are growing worse due (Continued on Page 4. Column 3.1 e.- With War Knicrgency Passed, lc- slro Now Is to Put Carriers Back Into .Normal Channels. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. Dutch ships! requisitioned by the American Govern-1 ment during the war and now operated by the Shipping Board will be uncon ditionally returned to Holland as rapid ly as they reach American ports at the conclusion of their present voyage. This announcement was made today by the War Trade Board, which" has reached an agreement on the svrbject with the Shipping Board. The Dutch ships were seized in American ports laut March 20 by order of President Wilson, acting in the war emergency. There were &7 of the ves sels with an aggregate of 139. 000 deadweight tons, but several were de stroyed by enemy action or etorms while in tlie service of the United States. Under the agreement with the Dutch ship owners, vessels destroyed were to be replaced by moi ey or ships at the option of the Dutch owners and liberal rates fur their use were al lowed. Today's announcement said the re lease of the craft had been decided upon because the war emergency had passed and because of the desire to return ships and trade to normal chan nels as quickly as possible. Return of these vessels mill mark the conclusion of protracted discussion and procedure relating to the question which began soon after the United States entered the war. i BELGIANS AWAIT WILSON People Kuser to Show Affection Tor American President. PARIS. Feb. 1. "Brussels is anxiously awaiting the fixing of tlie date of President Wilson's lsit." said Taul Hy mans, the Belgian Foreign Minister and peace delegate, to the Associated Press thl afternoon. "Your President may be sure of one of the greatest receptions of his visit to Europe. It may be small as regards the number of people, compared with Paris and London, but in enthusiasm and love it will be second to none." The date of r-resldent Wilson's visit has not yet been officially announced. but it is expected that he will leave here on February S and remain Brussels during the ninth and tenth. as he must return to Paris to attend a gala night at the. opera in his honor, February- .11. .. EARLY SPRING IS ASSURED Ground Hog Ventures I'rom Hole, hut Doesn't See His Shadow. i-oriiana is. assured six weeks or fine weather and an early Spring, all be cause the ground hog yesterday, ac cording to annual custom, ventured from his hole, didn't see his shadow and so stayed out. The weather man is authority for the fact that there was no sunshine yes terdas-, nis instruments failing to record a single beam, although some persons there are who maintain that they saw a glimpse of sunshine at vari ous fleeting moments early in the day. But most of us prefer the weather man's version. GREEKS NOW ABANDON FEZ Allied Troops Put End to Hcign of Terror by Turks. SALONIKI. Feb. 1. Detachments of allied troops have arrived at Adrlan- ople and put an end to Turkish terror ism of the inhaVftants which had been in progress ever since the war. The Greeks are now wrarinc hats in stead of fez. which the Turks forced them to wear. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The ralhrr. TKTERPAV' Maximum temperature. tiK''tes; minimum. ... dearer?. TODAY"? Cloudj ; easterly wlnda. Bi?r runs at Kmnaiadt are bombins Petro- criid. 1'MCe 1. Claim of Kuropean ratinns at peaee ton- ferenee eonvUely atmed Pair 1. Briliah atrtke outlook itraxer. Pav 3. L'kr;ilne now In llnrnt dunger from Enl- ahcviki. P.ice 1 Aerican poiity of ocrupation laude.1. P.ise 1. Menare to German national aasemoly ap pears. I'apc i. National. War Trade ?rd liftn embareo on neaa-iy all (rains. I'av S. Duteh shins prized hv L'niterl States to be j-eturnej to lloltanl. Pa?c 1. Water power !.is pronUrrd shorily. P. -r 7. Allies' potley repardlng Kursia held srrlevous blunder. Pace tl. Representative Minn brllexrd to bo out of Speakers-hip r-iee. I'ase 5. Dnmfftl U. Nation's leaders to honor ex-President Gas hounds lose hca.ily In hatt:e. Par. .1. report. Taenma trylne to purcliatn Sarramrnto Coast League franchise. Pace 2. Benny " eonart will not appear at Portland smoker. l'acc 1-. Former Orepon Itrld stars return home. I'JKe 1. Zaehrisson ina Bristol trophy for fourth time, race t::. IKiHlsiture. Land bill provides S.ynoo.OftO bond - Irsue ruso 7. Pacific North went. Sympathetic striko inevitable, tav workers ml Seattle. rase 1. Portland and Vicinity. Telecrjphers to affiliate with Mate Feder ation of Labor. J'aKo 11. Portland Red Ctofs canteen workers cheer hundreds of soldiers. Paito l.v Peninsula and Rone City Park Hcwije mat ters before Council. Pair J 4. School Board sesents chargine: soldiers lodt; Inir fee. I'aKe I . Rev. W. W. Wiiiard delivers first sermon mt First "onsres. tloti! f'liureli. Page 1-1. Theron Bean, survivor of lumaiu. tells T experience. Pace 1 I. Dylnff Influenr.a patient cds .iust before death. Pi-o 1. -Vt'c4ih-;r rtr-yrtj Call jiiid UucvaJii Tiiiu IL Unions Vote to Support Shipyard Workers. PRINTERS JOIN IN WALKOUT Piez Edict Attributed to Pro posed Settlement Agreement. 130 LOCALS ARE INVOLVED ban Francisco District Workers Vote to Suspend Action Pending War Board Decision. SEATTLE. Feb. 2. Unofficial infor f at ion early this evening from the con ference room where representatives of 130 local unions affiliated with the Seattle Central Labor Council have been in continuous session today was to the effect that a general sympathy strike in support of the 25,000 striking shipyard workers will be called fur Thursday morning, February 6. at 10 o'clovk. The strike date recommended will be subject to final action by the Cen tral Labor Council at its meeting next Wednesday nipht. Printers Join in Mrlkr. The Seattle Typographical Union voted today to Join in the strike, and the Longshoremen s Union decided to dlsresard tlits orders of its interna tional officers prohibiting the Seattle union from taking part in the strike as it oted to do last week. Tlie street car men's union polled a majority etrike vote today ana telegraphed interna tional officers lor approval. Executive officers of the leading Seattle labor unions said today that the declaration of General Manager Charles ricz. of the Fleet Corporation, that the striking Seattle shipyard workers must return to their Jobs un der the Macy scale before other wage settlements can be discussed inakcn general sympathetic Mrike "inevitable." f nty tnlauM Take liullot. Labor leaders say tlrat tiie Piesstate meut was called forth by his receipt of a proposed settlement .agreement tentatively entered into by representa tives of the strikers and shipyard own erf, after a conference under the aus pices of the Seattle Industrial Relations commit tee. Officers of the council assert that 70 of the affiliated unions have voted on the proposed strike order, and but few have voted against it. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2. Members of the Maritime District Bay Council, comprising five woodworking shipyards crafts, at a mass meeting today by a larce majority voted to suspend strike action and lefer their demand for in creased pay over the Macy award to the War Labor Board. The machinists, at a special meeting called to consider their vote rejecting the compromise offer of the California Metal Trades Association for retro active pay under the Macy arard, voted not to strike. PIKZ' GOOD FAITH QlE-STIOXKIl ITcci Corporation First lo Violate .Macy Award, Says I.alor. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. Official; of tlie Metal Trades Council, after a lengthy conference late last nlsht. is sued a formal statement In reply to one made by Charles Piez. head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation at Phil adelphia. The labor reply rhamM that th Fleet Corporation "violated the terms of the memorandum (Miry agreement! by first forci.i both workers and em ployers to accept the Macy board's award tlirou2li It3 throat to- cut off the supply of materials to any yard or dis trict that entered into an agreement with its employes." The tcply contended that neither the Ma:-y board nor the Fleet Corporation had a rijht to Interfere with em ployer and employe in reachinsr Jn acrerment. and stated that the Seattle Mv-tal Trades Council never sanctioned the siicnin;? of the memorandum which, it said, was "signed in violation of the constitutional .rights of the mem berships of the various organizations involved." Mr. Piex. said the reply, stated to James A. Taylor, president of the Metal Trade Council, that he would not in terfere with the yards entering into an agreement with tho workers on the Pacific Coast. "In conclusion." said the rep'y, "we wish to pay that Mr. Pie evidently is making his statement in an endeavor to cover up the deficiencies and mis takes of the Mary board." THKF1-: FN IONS FPHOLD STIMKi : Timber 'Workers, .Auto Mechanic anil Itutcliors Included. T A COMA. Feb. 2. Three unions voted today to bo out on sympathetic strike with the shipyard workers. They were the butchers, the timber workers and the automobile mechanics. The butcher workmen, who also voted, de clined to give out the result. The bar bers began pollinp a vote today. It is expected the Tacoma. Central Labor Council at its meeting tomorrow will chance the date for a general tie up from Tuesday noot until Thnrsdj at 10 A. M., to conform with the de ciaioii auuvauctd by tho Shuttle unions. t